Tie-plate.



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BERNARD JAMES COGIILIN, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,235, dated December 31, 1901.

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD JAMES Coen- LIN, manufacturer and importer, of the city of Montreal, in the district of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Iie- Plates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention has for its object to produce what may be termed a Q brace tie-platein that the function is to prevent the rail to which it is applied from spreading, canting, or otherwise being displaced and at the same time brace the rail in its resistance to the lateral strain, due to the passage of rollingstock, and particularly'in rounding curves, the device, furthermore, being intended to preserve the tie by obviating any chance of the rail-iian ge wearing it and rendering same less liable to destruction by natural causes.

The invention may be said briefly to consist in constructing a brace tie-plate to comprise a plane bed-plate of preferably oblong configuration and having a vertical rail-head support and web-brace at one corner and a web-bracing clip at the diagonally opposite corner, the Whole being formed from a single piece of metal.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which like symbols indicate the same parts, and Wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a pair of rails and their supporting-ties furnished with my brace tie-plate. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a rail and a portion of its supporting-tie furnished with my invention. Fig.

3 is a similar view illustrating the manner of setting-my improved brace tie-plate in place. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view thereof, taken on line 4 4, Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the blank from which my brace tie-plate is preferably formed.

The blank from which I prefer to form my brace tie-plate preferably consists of a body portion b, of oblong conguration and having at diagonally opposite corners laterally-projecting wings, constituting, respectively, a combined support, brace, and clip c and a combined brace and clip d. These Wings cand Application filed August 19,1901. Serial No. 72,586. (No model.)

d are bent to extend vertically at right angles to the upper side of the body'or bed plate b, the wing c being of sufficient height to bear beneath and support the head c of the rail, as at f, and with its inner edge g bearing upon and bracing the web h of the rail, while the space t' between the bracing edge g and the bed plate h conforms to and accommodates and serves asa clip for one side of the fiangej of the rail. The wing d is of less height than the Wing c, but sufficient to extend a short dis tance above the rail-flange j and have its inner edge 7a bear upon and to a certain extent brace the web, while a space m (similar to the space t) between this bearing edge kand the bed-plate b conforms to and serves as a clip for the opposite side of the iiange of the rail. A spike-hole n is formed in line with each brace and adjacent to the side of the bedplate opposite to that upon which the brace is formed, and additional spike-holes o are formed preferably adjacent to said braces.

My brace tie-plate canvbe readily set in place after a rail is laid by inserting it beneath the rail and between the tie upon which it is to be set and that next to it. The plate is then turned to an angle that Will bring the braces c and d on each side of the rail-flange, as shown in Fig. 3. The plate is then raised up until the bed-plate b is in contact with the rail-flange and is then turned to a position at right angles to the rail, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and is finally, and while still beneath the rail, pushed or driven upon the tie h to receive it. When in place, spikes are driven lthrough the spike-holes n and o into the tie, although these spikes are almost superfluous, as the Weight of the rail retains the bed-plate b against displacement and the braces c and d in turn prevent the lateral displacement of the rail.

What I claim is as follows:

l. A brace tie-plate consisting of a beda plate of oblong configuration and having a vertical brace at diagonally opposite corners, each of said braces being adapted to bear upon the web of the rail and one of said braces supporting the head of the rail, and the other brace being of less height than the head of the rail substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. A brace tie-plate consisting of a body IOO space between each wing and the bed-plate conforming to the cross-section of the flange of the rail, substantially as describedand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof Ihave affixed my sigh nature in presence .of two Witnesses.

BERNARD JAMES COGHLIN.

Witnesses:

FRED J. SEARS, FRANK H. DENMAN. 

